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if the u.s. believes that this the target has in the past been involved in such violent activities, and the target has not renounced such activities, it can be assumed that they are an eminent threat now, and that that would justify an attack. now, again, remember, we're talking about targeted killings of americans. we're talking about making decisions based on secret administration has publicly let on. >> mike, on the three part, so it has to be eminent risk. and you just described the broader concept of eminence, which is the phrase in there. >> yes. >> and that there can't be a capture that we're killing somebody because they can't be captured. there is also an elaboration on that which it seems to me seems to be quite a wide definition. i'm fascinated by the fact that we don't really capture terrorist suspects in yemen and somali and pakistan and these other places where we know drones, american drone strikes have killed people. people get killed there. they don't get captured. the definition
if the u.s. believes that this the target has in the past been involved in such violent activities, and the target has not renounced such activities, it can be assumed that they are an eminent threat now, and that that would justify an attack. now, again, remember, we're talking about targeted killings of americans. we're talking about making decisions based on secret administration has publicly let on. >> mike, on the three part, so it has to be eminent risk. and you just described the...
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argument that they were secret unicode detention plates where people were tortured in violation of u.s. and international iraq so there was never any reader going around president obama closed down but the reality is the real concern in the us is that no senior official has ever been held accountable the only people who can prosecute him for detainee abuse have been first of all very limited number of people and always low level people never the senior official who created the regime of torture and ordered it and didn't implement those human rights watch of the own reappeared then there are grounds for a criminal investigation into the congo and senior officials are all the way to the top or the former president george bush and other. well reportedly being held hostage for eight months by russian mafia an irish real estate tycoon who claims he was given a punishment he'd never forget was into the man's forehead and the website. of the moment the russian football premier league's dog and squad was said to be the third most expensive transfer in the country's history discovery he said to
argument that they were secret unicode detention plates where people were tortured in violation of u.s. and international iraq so there was never any reader going around president obama closed down but the reality is the real concern in the us is that no senior official has ever been held accountable the only people who can prosecute him for detainee abuse have been first of all very limited number of people and always low level people never the senior official who created the regime of torture...
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results of an online survey of more than 2,000 u.s. adults over the age of 18 are giving us a revealing look at who in america is most affected. >> all of a sudden, the world is at your doorstep, and there's too many options. and it can be overwhelming. >> i think that people in our age group are more stressed out because they have lots of responsibilities. >> reporter: so-called millennials, those ages 18 to 33, are the most stressed. with 39% saying their stress increased over the past year, and 52% say it's causing them to lose sleep. we reached out to viewers today on facebook for their stories. and within a matter of minutes, hundreds of responses like this one from 24-year-old ali zimmerman who has $80,000 in student loans. >> many of these students have come out of college or graduate school with horrendous student debt into a job market where there are not many jobs. this has put their life plans, probably, on hiatus. they may be postponing marriage, postponing having a family. >> reporter: millennials are followed by gen xers.
results of an online survey of more than 2,000 u.s. adults over the age of 18 are giving us a revealing look at who in america is most affected. >> all of a sudden, the world is at your doorstep, and there's too many options. and it can be overwhelming. >> i think that people in our age group are more stressed out because they have lots of responsibilities. >> reporter: so-called millennials, those ages 18 to 33, are the most stressed. with 39% saying their stress increased...
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they they would dismiss any accusation because the u.s. government has classified everything related to its torture practices but yet you go to prison because he talked about it why do you think this administration president obama who signed an executive order to stop torture at the very beginning of his first term why do you think he's protecting folks from the previous administration most people don't realize this but president obama has surrounded himself with the same intelligence advisors who advised president bush through most of the first term the cia had the same deputy director that bush had the same director of operations that bush had john brennan who is president obama's new designee to be the cia director and until what a week ago or so was the deputy national security adviser was under president bush the director of the national counterterrorism center and up to his eyeballs in torture policy so even though we changed presidents there was really no change of intelligence advisors at least not on counterterrorism john brennan
they they would dismiss any accusation because the u.s. government has classified everything related to its torture practices but yet you go to prison because he talked about it why do you think this administration president obama who signed an executive order to stop torture at the very beginning of his first term why do you think he's protecting folks from the previous administration most people don't realize this but president obama has surrounded himself with the same intelligence advisors...
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during his four years as commander in chief, u.s. military and cia drone strikes have accelerated at an unprecedented pace. more than 400 cia strikes against targets in pakistan and yemen. eight times as many as under president bush. >> they have been very precise, precision strikes against al qaeda and their affiliates. >> these strikes are legal. they are ethical. and they are wise. >> reporter: but today, new questions about drone strikes targeting american citizens, including anwar al awlaki. born in new mexico and killed in yemen in 2011. he allegedly directed the so-called underwear bomber, who tried to blow up an airliner over detroit in 2009. but awlaki was never charged with a crime. nbc news has obtained this confidential 16-page justice department memo that concludes lethal strikes against u.s. citizens who are operational leaders of al qaeda are a lawful act of national self-defense. >> we only take these kinds of actions when there's an imminent threat, when capture is not feasible, and when we are confident that we're d
during his four years as commander in chief, u.s. military and cia drone strikes have accelerated at an unprecedented pace. more than 400 cia strikes against targets in pakistan and yemen. eight times as many as under president bush. >> they have been very precise, precision strikes against al qaeda and their affiliates. >> these strikes are legal. they are ethical. and they are wise. >> reporter: but today, new questions about drone strikes targeting american citizens,...
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results of an online survey of more than 2,000 u.s. adults over the age of 18 are giving us a revealing look at who in america is most affected. >> all of a sudden, the world is at your doorstep, and there's too many options. and it can be overwhelming. >> i think that people in our age group are more stressed out because they have lots of responsibilities. >> reporter: so-called millennials, those ages 18 to 23, are the most stressed. with 39% saying their stress increased over the past year, and 52% say it's causing them to lose sleep. we reached out to viewers today on facebook for their stories. and within a matter of minutes, hundreds of responses like this one from 24-year-old ally zimmerman who has $84 thousand in student loans. >> many of these students have come out of college or graduate school with horrendous student debt into a job market where there are not many jobs. this has put their life plans, probably, on hiatus. they may be postponing marriage, postponing having a family. >> reporter: millennials are followed by gen
results of an online survey of more than 2,000 u.s. adults over the age of 18 are giving us a revealing look at who in america is most affected. >> all of a sudden, the world is at your doorstep, and there's too many options. and it can be overwhelming. >> i think that people in our age group are more stressed out because they have lots of responsibilities. >> reporter: so-called millennials, those ages 18 to 23, are the most stressed. with 39% saying their stress increased...
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during his four years as commander in chief, u.s. military and cia drone strikes have accelerated in an unprecedented pace. more than 400 cia strikes against targets in pakistan and yemen. eight times as many as under president bush. >> they have been very precise, precision strikes against al qaeda, and their affiliates. >> these strikes are legal. they are ethical. and they are wise. >> reporter: but today, new questions about drone strikes targeting american citizens, including anwar al awlaki. born in new mexico, and killed in yemen in 2011. he allegedly directed the so-called underwear bomber, who tried to blow up an airliner over detroit in 2009. but awlaki was never charged with a crime. nbc news has obtained this confidential 16-page justice department memo that concludes lethal strikes against u.s. citizens, who are operational leaders of al qaeda, are a lawful act of national self-defense. >> we only take these kinds of actions when there's an imminent threat, when capture is not feasible, and when we are confident that we'
during his four years as commander in chief, u.s. military and cia drone strikes have accelerated in an unprecedented pace. more than 400 cia strikes against targets in pakistan and yemen. eight times as many as under president bush. >> they have been very precise, precision strikes against al qaeda, and their affiliates. >> these strikes are legal. they are ethical. and they are wise. >> reporter: but today, new questions about drone strikes targeting american citizens,...
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announced thursday that u.s.-arab league envoy lakhdar brahimi will continue attempting to broker peace in syria, at least through the end of the year. the nine nations refuse to pay compensation to victims of cholera in haiti despite claims it is at fault for an epidemic that claimed nearly a thousand lives. the cholera outbreak that sickened roughly 620,000 haitians has been linked to u.n. peacekeepers who responded to haiti's devastating 2010 earthquake. but the u.n. says it will not pay hundreds of names of dollars sought by thousands of victims and family members. the u.n. spokesperson made the announcement thursday. >> in november 2011, a claim for compensation was brought against the united nations on behalf of victims of the cholera outbreak in haiti. to date, the united nations advised the clemens representatives that the claims are not receivable, pursuant to section 29 of the convention and the privileges and immunities of the united nations. the secretary general again expresses its profound sympathy
announced thursday that u.s.-arab league envoy lakhdar brahimi will continue attempting to broker peace in syria, at least through the end of the year. the nine nations refuse to pay compensation to victims of cholera in haiti despite claims it is at fault for an epidemic that claimed nearly a thousand lives. the cholera outbreak that sickened roughly 620,000 haitians has been linked to u.n. peacekeepers who responded to haiti's devastating 2010 earthquake. but the u.n. says it will not pay...
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weapons of mass destruction were a concern and u.s. officials were hard at work around the globe trying to prevent regional tensions and an mos if is from turning in to full-scale wars and ominously, the united states about to face an upsurge in terrorist attacks to claim hundreds of american lives in lebanon including a 49-year-old cia officer named bob ames killed in a brief visit to our embassy in beirut and who at the time was my boss at cia. during my 25-year career at cia, i watched up close and participated in history being made in far off corners of the world. as cia fulfilled the critical intelligence roles, collecting intelligence, uncovering secrets, identifying threats, partnering with foreign intelligence and security agencies, carrying out covert action and attempting to forecast events yet to happen, all in an effort to protect our people and to strengthen america's national security. and throughout my career, i had the great fortune to experience firsthand and to witness what it means to be a cia officer. such as an ana
weapons of mass destruction were a concern and u.s. officials were hard at work around the globe trying to prevent regional tensions and an mos if is from turning in to full-scale wars and ominously, the united states about to face an upsurge in terrorist attacks to claim hundreds of american lives in lebanon including a 49-year-old cia officer named bob ames killed in a brief visit to our embassy in beirut and who at the time was my boss at cia. during my 25-year career at cia, i watched up...
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please remove -- >> u.s. soldiers. it is not defending them. the number of soldiers killed by afghans who are -- mad at our program. >> i'm going to say once again that we welcome everyone here. that we expect no clapping, we expect no hissing. we expect no demonstration in this room. this is a very serious hearing. i will stop the hearing. and i will ask the room to be cleared. so know that. please continue, mr. brennan. >> thank you, chairman. i am honored to appear before you today as the president's nominee to lead the central intelligence agency. i'm grateful to president obama for the confidence he's placed in me by sending my name forward to the senate for consideration. senator warner, thank you for your generous introduction, for your service to our nation and for your strong support for those that defend it, this includes the men and women of the cia and the intelligence committee, so many of whom like me call virginia home and call you our senator. i would not be here today without the love and support of my wife cathy who's been my
please remove -- >> u.s. soldiers. it is not defending them. the number of soldiers killed by afghans who are -- mad at our program. >> i'm going to say once again that we welcome everyone here. that we expect no clapping, we expect no hissing. we expect no demonstration in this room. this is a very serious hearing. i will stop the hearing. and i will ask the room to be cleared. so know that. please continue, mr. brennan. >> thank you, chairman. i am honored to appear before...
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we did not know that no u.s. intelligence personnel had ever interrogated him. >> based on defector information in may of 1991, saddam hussein had a massive clandestine nuclear weapons program that covered several different techniques to enrich uranium. >> that would be the information provided, by the head of the iraqi national congress. the self-appointed ex-patriot iraqi shadow government. >> we talked to shalabi on multiple occasions, and we saw that they were hyping the type of information they put out. >> he is so determined that he has made repeated covert attempts to acquire from 11 different countries, even after inspections resumed. >> yet again, the aluminum tubes. >> i was incredibly disappointed when he brought out comments about the aluminum tubes. i felt betrayed as an american and scientist. >> i can trace the story of a senior terrorist operative telling how iraq provided training in these weapons to al-qaeda. fortunately, this operative is now detained. and he has told his story. >> powell is re
we did not know that no u.s. intelligence personnel had ever interrogated him. >> based on defector information in may of 1991, saddam hussein had a massive clandestine nuclear weapons program that covered several different techniques to enrich uranium. >> that would be the information provided, by the head of the iraqi national congress. the self-appointed ex-patriot iraqi shadow government. >> we talked to shalabi on multiple occasions, and we saw that they were hyping the...
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the u.s. government. >> the intelligence community assessed that saddam hussein was building a mobile biological weapons capability to avoid detection by the u.s. and its allies. and the assessment was based almost entirely on one source from the german government, a source named curveball. >> his real name as far as they know is rafid ahmed alwan, an iraqi engineer who makes his way to germany and tells german intelligence and says he worked in saddam's weapons labs used to make weapons of mass destruction. >> curveball was known to be a fabricator. he could not be relied upon. his intelligence always had been sort of stamped, you know, do not -- do not disseminate. this is useless. >> curveball is a lone and seriously suspect source, and u.s. intelligence agencies rely solely on german reports. they never actually question him themselves. in this 2011 interview with britain's newspaper "the guardian," the man called curveball confirms the lies of his pre-war claims. >> this particular issue
the u.s. government. >> the intelligence community assessed that saddam hussein was building a mobile biological weapons capability to avoid detection by the u.s. and its allies. and the assessment was based almost entirely on one source from the german government, a source named curveball. >> his real name as far as they know is rafid ahmed alwan, an iraqi engineer who makes his way to germany and tells german intelligence and says he worked in saddam's weapons labs used to make...
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well you know if i'm charged with murder here in a u.s. court i can't say your honor it's all right i've written a memo to liberalize it but that seems to be the understanding that is now perforating the us media here is a program that we've known about for years we've known that men women and children were on the lists for years we've known that americans have been targeted and killed we've known that there were hundreds of civilian deaths and non targeted individual deaths and no one charged with a crime we've known that they've been doing double taps or they target rescuers of victims that they've been targeting people without so much as knowing their name and it's not just the u.s. government that's lost the moral high ground it's the u.s. public i saw a poll today that said that eighty three percent of americans are all ok with the president doing this to not americans but when it comes to u.s. citizens only twenty four percent say it's ok so you do the math what percentage of americans are bigots because there is a clear double stand
well you know if i'm charged with murder here in a u.s. court i can't say your honor it's all right i've written a memo to liberalize it but that seems to be the understanding that is now perforating the us media here is a program that we've known about for years we've known that men women and children were on the lists for years we've known that americans have been targeted and killed we've known that there were hundreds of civilian deaths and non targeted individual deaths and no one charged...
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the most notorious opponent of u.s. troops being stationed in saudi arabia, the most vociferous opposed is osama bin laden. bin laden sited the u.s. military presence as one of his justifications for the 9/11 attacks. he demanded that u.s. troops leave saudi arabia. and then right at the beginning of the iraq war in 2003, the bush administration announced in fact that we would be pulling our troops out of saudi arabia. it was a huge deal that we decided to do that. i've always been surprised that it's not a bigger part of what we remember as the legacy of george w. bush's presidency. no more bases in saudi arabia. now, though, that has sort of been reversed. at least a little. today "the new york times" reports that some time after 2009, so some time during the presidency of barack obama, the cia built a new base in saudi arabia, a base for u.s. drones. the "times" reporting that we use that base to launch drone strikes in yemen. the paper has known about the secret cia drone base in saudi arabia for years, but they kep
the most notorious opponent of u.s. troops being stationed in saudi arabia, the most vociferous opposed is osama bin laden. bin laden sited the u.s. military presence as one of his justifications for the 9/11 attacks. he demanded that u.s. troops leave saudi arabia. and then right at the beginning of the iraq war in 2003, the bush administration announced in fact that we would be pulling our troops out of saudi arabia. it was a huge deal that we decided to do that. i've always been surprised...
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[inaudible] excluded u.s. citizens when -- >> that's got to be their opening salvo. >> i don't think the admiral's going to want to tell the judges they handle it that way. >> [inaudible] >> that's a waste of time. look, we have very little facts in the case. they're so sensitive that we don't even get them -- [inaudible] my responsibility. >> who made you first chair? >> the admiral mentioned my name. >> so? >> all right. i'll tell you what, we'll flip for it. >> okay. >> call it. >> heads. yeah, but -- [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >> well, that, that's one of many, many dramatic representations of the military commission's project at guantanamo, and one thing that we learn from it is that the people involved are extraordinarily good looking. [laughter] it's actually from the television show "jag" which no longer is on the air, but it would take its storylines from cases, mainly military cases that took place, and that episode, called "tribunal," actually aired in april of 2002. so president bush iss
[inaudible] excluded u.s. citizens when -- >> that's got to be their opening salvo. >> i don't think the admiral's going to want to tell the judges they handle it that way. >> [inaudible] >> that's a waste of time. look, we have very little facts in the case. they're so sensitive that we don't even get them -- [inaudible] my responsibility. >> who made you first chair? >> the admiral mentioned my name. >> so? >> all right. i'll tell you what,...
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any member of al qaeda, whether they be a u.s. citizen or non-u.s. citizen, needs to know that they have the ability to surrender anytime, anywhere throughout the world. >> the controversy is not going away. the boundaries of transparency are still undefined. get your cell phones out. we want to know what you think tonight. tonight's question, do you agree with the policy of targeted killing of american citizens? text a for yes. text b for no. to our new number. our text number now is 67622. you can always go to our blog and leave a comment at ed.msnbc.com. we'll bring you the results later on in the program. tonight, i am joined by nbc news national investigative correspondent michael isikoff who broke the news of the memo earlier this week. good to have you with us. thank you. >> good to be with you, ed. >> did john brennan say anything today in your professional opinion to shed light on the targeted killing program? >> not much. in fact, in some respects he said less than he's said before. i listened closely through the entire hearing, and brennan
any member of al qaeda, whether they be a u.s. citizen or non-u.s. citizen, needs to know that they have the ability to surrender anytime, anywhere throughout the world. >> the controversy is not going away. the boundaries of transparency are still undefined. get your cell phones out. we want to know what you think tonight. tonight's question, do you agree with the policy of targeted killing of american citizens? text a for yes. text b for no. to our new number. our text number now is...
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the u.s. . says john kerry secretary of state with chuck hagel expected to get the post of defense secretary but neither appointment is expected to change much in america's foreign policy. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly here on. the syrian president bashar assad says his army is able to confront any aggression aimed against his nation he also says israel is trying to destabilize the country that's off the comments made by the israeli defense minister today hinting for the first time that his forces were behind this week's attack on its northern neighbor. has the details. it does come from the israeli defense minister it would be iraq and he has said that it is proof that when israel says something it means that he did stop short of actually a third being israel's involvement now u.s. officials have said that the strike targeted an arms convoy that was carrying anti aircraft weapons from syria to lebanon according to the israeli
the u.s. . says john kerry secretary of state with chuck hagel expected to get the post of defense secretary but neither appointment is expected to change much in america's foreign policy. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly here on. the syrian president bashar assad says his army is able to confront any aggression aimed against his nation he also says israel is trying to destabilize the country that's off the comments made by the...
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government that's lost the moral high ground it's the u.s. public i saw a poll today that said that eighty three percent. of americans are ok with the president doing this to non americans but when it comes to u.s. citizens only twenty four percent say it's ok so you do the math what percentage of americans are bigots because there is a clear double standard here on who it's ok to kill and i think that twenty four percent would go up if a lot of people knew that president obama already was killing americans because they don't want to oppose something that's being done i think it would go down if people knew who those americans were the lack of any charge or evidence against them the manner in which they were killed and so forth but moral high ground is the furthest thing from within our reach right now you know it's interesting david brought up and i notice this when we get preparing for this program is that americans get upset when americans are being killed but when it's not americans they don't particularly care anymore do they were ever i
government that's lost the moral high ground it's the u.s. public i saw a poll today that said that eighty three percent. of americans are ok with the president doing this to non americans but when it comes to u.s. citizens only twenty four percent say it's ok so you do the math what percentage of americans are bigots because there is a clear double standard here on who it's ok to kill and i think that twenty four percent would go up if a lot of people knew that president obama already was...
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well you know if i'm charged with murder here in a u.s. court i can't say your honor it's all right i've written a memo to liberalize it but that seems to be the understanding that is now perforating the us media here is a program that we've known about for years we've known that men women and children were on the lists for years we've known that americans have been targeted and killed we've known that there were hundreds of civilian deaths and non targeted individual deaths and no one charged with a crime we've known that they've been doing double taps or they target rescuers of victims that they've been targeting people without so much as knowing their name and it's not just the u.s. government that's lost the moral high ground it's the u.s. public i saw a poll today that said that eighty three percent of americans are all ok with the president doing this to not americans but when it comes to u.s. citizens only twenty four percent say it's ok so you do the math what percentage of americans are bigots because there is a clear double stand
well you know if i'm charged with murder here in a u.s. court i can't say your honor it's all right i've written a memo to liberalize it but that seems to be the understanding that is now perforating the us media here is a program that we've known about for years we've known that men women and children were on the lists for years we've known that americans have been targeted and killed we've known that there were hundreds of civilian deaths and non targeted individual deaths and no one charged...
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well you know if i'm charged with murder here in the u.s. court i can't say your honor it's all right i've written a memo to liberalize it but that seems to be the understanding that is now per vade in the us media here is a program that we've known about for years we've known that men women and children were on the lists for years we've known that americans have been targeted and killed we've known that there were hundreds of civilian deaths and non targeted individual deaths and no one charged with a crime we've known that they've been doing double taps or they target rescuers of victims that they've been targeting people without so much as knowing their name and it's not just the u.s. government that's lost the moral high ground it's the u.s. public i saw a poll today that said that eighty three percent of americans are all ok with the president doing this to not americans but when it comes to u.s. citizens only twenty four percent say it's ok so you do the math what percentage of americans are bigots because there is a clear double stand
well you know if i'm charged with murder here in the u.s. court i can't say your honor it's all right i've written a memo to liberalize it but that seems to be the understanding that is now per vade in the us media here is a program that we've known about for years we've known that men women and children were on the lists for years we've known that americans have been targeted and killed we've known that there were hundreds of civilian deaths and non targeted individual deaths and no one...
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government that's lost the moral high ground it's the u.s. public i saw a poll today that said that eighty three percent. americans are all ok with the president doing this to non americans but when it comes to u.s. citizens only twenty four percent say it's ok so you do the math what percentage of americans are bigots because there is a clear double standard here on who it's ok to kill and i think that twenty four percent would go up if a lot of people knew that president obama already was killing americans the because they don't want to oppose something that's being done i think it would go down if people knew who those americans wore the lack of any charge or evidence against them the manner in which they were killed and so forth but moral highground is the furthest thing from within our reach right now you know it's interesting david brought up and i notice this when we get preparing for this program is that americans get upset when americans are being killed but when it's not americans they don't particularly care anymore do they were ev
government that's lost the moral high ground it's the u.s. public i saw a poll today that said that eighty three percent. americans are all ok with the president doing this to non americans but when it comes to u.s. citizens only twenty four percent say it's ok so you do the math what percentage of americans are bigots because there is a clear double standard here on who it's ok to kill and i think that twenty four percent would go up if a lot of people knew that president obama already was...
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u.s. embassy in ankara killing a turkish security guard and himself. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in ankara with that and developing news out of egypt tonight as well. richard, good evening. >> reporter: we are learning from turkish officials the bomber was a well known militant from a far left group and he served more than four years in a turkish prison, was involved in a hunger strike, and was eventually released from jail for medical reasons. he left the country and then returned from greece on a fake passport, but turkish officials don't know how long he's been in the country. they think he's been in ankara for the last ten days. this isn't the only situation u.s. officials are concerned about in the region. there is also egypt. u.s. officials are worried that ongoing clashes in egypt, including ones in front of the presidential palace, could be a signal that the egyptian government, led by president morsi of the muslim brotherhood is losing control of the streets
u.s. embassy in ankara killing a turkish security guard and himself. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in ankara with that and developing news out of egypt tonight as well. richard, good evening. >> reporter: we are learning from turkish officials the bomber was a well known militant from a far left group and he served more than four years in a turkish prison, was involved in a hunger strike, and was eventually released from jail for medical reasons. he left the country...
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the u.s. law against killing americans abroad, nor the u.s. law banning assassinations, nor just the law against murder, nor the laws of war broadly legally constrain the president from ordering the type of assault that killed american citizen and prominent al qaeda figure on war al awlaki in yemen in 2011. al awlaki's son was also killed a couple of weeks after his father was killed. between those two killing, charlie savage at "the new york times" reported on the existence of a legal memo that the government was relying on to claim that the attack was legal. that memo is what is being disclosed to select members of congress tonight. it follows by two days the scoop by nbc news investigative correspondent michael isikoff, who this week on this show disclosed a white paper that was based on the reasoning of that secret memo. tonight's disclosure follows increasingly intense questioning of the administration on this matter by senate democrats, particularly by senator ron wyden of oregon, who to
the u.s. law against killing americans abroad, nor the u.s. law banning assassinations, nor just the law against murder, nor the laws of war broadly legally constrain the president from ordering the type of assault that killed american citizen and prominent al qaeda figure on war al awlaki in yemen in 2011. al awlaki's son was also killed a couple of weeks after his father was killed. between those two killing, charlie savage at "the new york times" reported on the existence of a...
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if we accept that the u.s. is at war with al qaeda, then it is not a stretch to believe that the u.s. would target a prominent al qaeda figure like anwar al awlaki in that war. with some exceptions, the broad political and moral issue here is not an issue with u.s. forces killing bad guys. the issue here is who is a bad guy and how do you figure it out? if this is the means by which we're going to decide not that you're going to be arrested and tried, but the means by which we will decide whether the president can order you dead, then on what basis is the president making that decision? how do they determine who is a bad guy? or as oregon senator ron wyden put it in a question, a written question to the president's cia nominee john brennan, how much evidence does the president need and have at least four hours left for sleep. do not take intermezzo if you have had an allergic reaction to drugs containing zolpidem, such as ambien. allergic reactions such as shortness of breath or swelling of your tongue or throa
if we accept that the u.s. is at war with al qaeda, then it is not a stretch to believe that the u.s. would target a prominent al qaeda figure like anwar al awlaki in that war. with some exceptions, the broad political and moral issue here is not an issue with u.s. forces killing bad guys. the issue here is who is a bad guy and how do you figure it out? if this is the means by which we're going to decide not that you're going to be arrested and tried, but the means by which we will decide...